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MONDAY, AUGUST 8, 1983

SWIMMING POOL COMPLEX TO BE BUILT

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A NEW SWIMMING POOL COMPLEX WILL SOON BE BUILT AT LAI CHI KOK ROAD ADJACENT TO THE SHAM SHUI PO PARK.

TENDERS FOR THE PROJECT ARE BEING INVITED BY THE ARCHITECTURAL OFFICE OF THE BUILDING DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT.

THE PROJECT INVOLVES THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE MAIN BUILDING AND EIGHT SWIMMING POOLS INCLUDING TWO LARGE MAIN POOLS, A DIVING POOL AND TRAINING, TEACHING AND CHILDREN'S POOLS.

FACILITIES SUCH AS A CAFE, SPECTATOR SEATS, CHANGING ROOMS AND TOILETS WILL ALSO BE INCLUDED.

WORK ON THE PROJECT WILL TAKE ABOUT 24 MONTHS TO COMPLETE.

GOLD COIN FLATS READY FOR ELDERLY

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THANKS TO THE EAGERNESS OF HONG KONG COIN COLLECTORS, THE FIRST GROUP OF 100 OLD PEOPLE TO BENEFIT UNDER A TRIAL SCHEME TO PROVIDE SHELTER AND HOUSING FOR ELDERLY PEOPLE WILL BE MOVING INTO NEW FLATS IN SHATIN FROM TOMORROW (TUESDAY)..

THE COST OF THE FLATS HAS BEEN MET FROM A TOTAL OF $35.2 MILLION EARMARKED FROM SURPLUS FUNDS OBTAINED FROM THE SALES OF THE VERY POPULAR GOLD COINS ISSUED BY THE GOVERNMENT EACH YEAR AND STAMPED WITH THE APPROPRIATE ANIMAL OF THE CHINESE ZODIAC.

SO FAR THE GOVERNMENT HAS ISSUED A SERIES OF EIGHT GOLD COINS TO COMMEMORATE THE 12 LUNAR YEARS WHICH FALL IN THE WESTERN CALENDAR YEARS 1976/87.

THE COINS WERE DESIGNED BY LADY HADDON-CAVE. THE LATEST COIN, MARKING THE YEAR OF THE PIG, WAS ISSUED ON DECEMBER 20, 1982.

THE PROJECT, KNOWN AS THE GOLD COIN SHELTERED HOUSING SCHEME FOR THE ELDERLY, WAS ANNOUNCED BY THE GOVERNOR IN HIS ADDRESS AT THE OPENING OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL SESSION ON OCTOBER 6, LAST YEAR.

THE GOVERNOR NOTED THAT: +THERE IS IN OUR COMMUNITY A TRADITIONAL AND COMMENDABLE RESPECT FOR THE OLD; AND WE SHOULD NOT FORGET THAT HONG KONG TODAY OWES MUCH TO THEIR HARD WORK IN THE PAST DECADES. THEY DESERVE A DIGNIFIED OLD AGE.

/+THE GOVERNMENT